Subj : Re: More stuff To : RON LAUZON From : TIM RICHARDSON Date : Fri Dec 27 2019 09:13 am On 12-23-19, RON LAUZON said to LEE LOFASO: -=> Lee Lofaso wrote to TIM RICHARDSON <=- LL> There were only a small handful of mass shootings that took place LL> before 1980 or so. Why is that? Because up until that time the courts LL> viewed the Second Amendment as protecting the rights of individuals. LL> Today, the courts have changed their opinion, viewing the Second LL> Amendment as protecting the rights of gun manufacturers, not people. RL>*LAUGH* LL> As such, it is okay for people to kill as many other people with LL> guns, with no action ever taken against gun manufacturers as being LL> responsible for having manufactured such weapons of mass destruction. RL>Why take action against a manufacturer? The product worked as advertised. RL>I suppose you are also for charging GM/Ford for every person hurt by a RL>drunk driver or person texting while driving. Or take action against Schwinn or Roadmaster whenever a kid doesn't have the sense to stay in the bike lane, and gets hit by a car. Or sue beer companies for accidents caused by someone who was drinking `their' brand at a bar just prior to driving, and killing someone. Or make liquir distillers legally liable for alchoholism. --- *Durango b301 #PE* * Origin: Fido Since 1991 | QWK by Web | BBS.FIDOSYSOP.ORG (1:123/140) .